OBITUARY:  Saylor B. 'Snake' Allen, 1999
SOURCE:  The Waynesboro News Virginian, April 9, 1999
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  STUARTS DRAFT - Saylor Bernard "Snake" Allen, 86, of Stuarts Draft, died Wednesday 
(April 7,1999) at his residence.
  He was born Jan. 30, 1913, in Nelson County, the son of the late Grover Cleveland 
and Elvira Hite Allen.
  He was an avid bear hunter and spent much of his life in the Blue Ridge Mountains 
that he loved.  He belonged to the Back Creek Hunt Club and was a charter member of 
the Blue Ridge Coon and Bear Club.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Jackie 
Fitzgerald.
  He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Morris Allen; three daughters, Judy Truslow of 
Beech Grove, Joan Hartford of Charlottesville, and Jane Gunter of Waynesboro, three 
stepdaughters. Sue Biser of Steeles Tavern, Elaine Burch Of Waynesboro, and Gorgie 
Noland of Charlottesville; two stepsons, Robbie Morris of Lowesville and Neil Morris 
of the USMC Camp Lejuene N.C., seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and 12 
stepgrandchildren.
  A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Stuarts Draft chapel of 
Reynolds Funeral Service by the Rev. Jerry Hopkins with burial to follow at Haines 
Chapel cemetery.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
  Memorial donations may be sent to the AHC Hospice of the Shenandoah, P.O. Box 215, 
Fishersville, Va. 22939.


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